Python 2.7.18, the last release of Python 2
The CPython core developers are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Python 2.7.18.
Python 2.7.18 is the last Python 2.7
release and therefore the last Python 2 release. It's time for the CPython
community to say a fond but firm farewell to Python 2.
Download this unique, commemorative Python release on python.org.
Python 2.7 has been under active development since the release of Python 2.6,
more than 11 years ago. Over all those years, CPython's core developers and
contributors sedulously applied bug fixes to the 2.7 branch, no small task as
the Python 2 and 3 branches diverged. There were large changes midway through
Python 2.7's life such as PEP 466's feature backports to the ssl module and
hash randomization. Traditionally, these features would never have been added
to a branch in maintenance mode, but exceptions were made to keep Python 2 users
secure. Thank you to CPython's community for such dedication.
Python 2.7 was lucky to have the services of two generations of binary builders
and operating system experts, Martin von Löwis and Steve Dower for Windows, and
Ronald Oussoren and Ned Deily for macOS. The reason we provided binary Python
2.7 releases for macOS 10.9, an operating system obsoleted by Apple 4 years ago,
or why the "Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7" exists is the
dedication of these individuals.
Python 3 would be nowhere without the dedication of the wider community. Library
maintainers followed CPython by maintaining Python 2 support for many years but
also threw their weight behind the Python 3 statement.
Linux distributors chased Python 2 out of their
archives. Users migrated hundreds of millions of lines of code, developed
porting guides, and kept Python 2 in their brain while Python 3 gained 10 years
of improvements.
Finally, thank you to GvR for creating Python 0.9, 1, 2, and 3.
Long live Python 3+!
Changes:
2.7.17
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Documentation
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- bpo-37487: Fix PyList_GetItem index description to include 0.
- bpo-37149: Replace the dead link to the Tkinter 8.5 reference by John
Shipman, New Mexico Tech, with a link to the archive.org copy.
- bpo-35126: Improve the examples in the "How do I convert a number to
string?" question of the "Programming" section of the FAQ. Contributed by
Stéphane Wirtel.
- bpo-35605: Fix documentation build for sphinx<1.6. Patch by Anthony
Sottile.
- bpo-35564: Explicitly set master_doc variable in conf.py for compliance
with Sphinx 2.0
- bpo-33832: Add glossary entry for 'magic method'.
Changes:
2.7.16
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Documentation
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- bpo-35035: Rename documentation for :mod:`email.utils` to
``email.utils.rst``.
- bpo-34967: Use app.add_object_type() instead of the deprecated Sphinx
function app.description_unit()
- bpo-13407: Add a note to :mod:`bz2` and :mod:`tarfile` stating that
handling of multi-stream bzip2 files is not supported.
- bpo-33503: Fix broken pypi link
Changes:
2.7.15
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Documentation
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- bpo-27212: Modify documentation for the :func:`islice` recipe to consume
initial values up to the start index.
- bpo-32800: Update link to w3c doc for xml default namespaces.
- bpo-17799: Explain real behaviour of sys.settrace and sys.setprofile and
their C-API counterparts regarding which type of events are received in
each function. Patch by Pablo Galindo Salgado.
- bpo-8243: Add a note about curses.addch and curses.addstr exception
behavior when writing outside a window, or pad.
- bpo-21649: Add RFC 7525 and Mozilla server side TLS links to SSL
documentation.
- bpo-30176: Add missing attribute related constants in curses
documentation.
- bpo-28929: Link the documentation to its source file on GitHub.
- bpo-26355: Add canonical header link on each page to corresponding major
version of the documentation. Patch by Matthias Bussonnier.
- bpo-12067: Rewrite Comparisons section in the Expressions chapter of the
language reference. Some of the details of comparing mixed types were
incorrect or ambiguous. Added default behaviour and consistency
suggestions for user- defined classes. Based on patch from Andy Maier.
pkgsrc changes:
- Take MAINTAINERship (or, in other words, make me blameworthy if the Python
documentation isn't synced with the respective lang/python* packages :))
Changes:
No changelog is available but it syncs py27-html-docs to current
python27 version.
Unfortunately no changelog for just the documentation seems available, although
this sync the py27-html-docs package version with the current python27 version
in pkgsrc.
While here also add LICENSE.
